Information about Dunhuang

Dunhuang, managed by Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located at the westernmost end of Hexi Corridor, at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces (regions), with a total area of 3.6544.

Dunhuang is a node city of the Silk Road, famous for its "Dunhuang Grottoes" and "Dunhuang Murals". It is the location of the Mogao Grottoes, a world heritage site, and also the location of Yumenguan and Yangguan on the border of the Great Wall in Han Dynasty. 20 12 was selected as one of the "Top 200 Charming Cities in China" in 20 12, and it is a national historical and cultural city.

The temple fair on April 8th in Dunhuang is a traditional folk festival. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, local residents, especially Buddhist believers, gathered in Mogao Grottoes, Sanwei Mountain and Leiyin Temple to burn incense and worship their ancestors, in order to commemorate Sakyamuni Buddha Day.

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The ancient city of Dunhuang is located in the desert Gobi on the south side of expressway from Dunhuang to Yangguan, 25 kilometers away from the city center. 1987 Dunhuang, a large-scale historical feature film co-produced by China and Japan, is based on the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival in Song Dynasty, and is designed and built in imitation of the ancient city of Shazhou, with a construction area of 65,438+10,000 square meters.

The architectural style of Dunhuang ancient city has a strong western customs, with three gates in the east, west and south, and towering towers; The city consists of five main streets: Gaochang, Dunhuang, Ganzhou, Xingqing and Bianliang.

On both sides of the street are Buddhist temples, pawn shops, warehouses, restaurants and houses. The ancient city of Dunhuang reproduces the majestic posture of Dunhuang, an important town in the northwest during the Tang and Song Dynasties, and is called the architectural art museum in the west of China.